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Thrifty Foods is warning members of the public about barbecued chicken pieces produced and sold at the Thrifty Foods Courtenay location Aug. 25 today that the product may have come in contact with a chemical contaminant.

UBCM convention to mull civic spending watchdog

After having spent the summer meeting with party faithfuls and residents of the Comox Valley and sharing ideas, Kassandra Dycke is throwing her hat in the ring in the race to be nominated as the provincial candidate for the Comox Valley NDP.

The Mayor's Golf Tournament will be held Sept. 15 at Crown Isle, not Sept. 11, as we were previously misinformed. The Ducks Unlimited charity golf tournament happens Sept. 11.

Courtenay's Walmart is being eyed as a supercentre. The City of Courtenay has received an application to expand the Walmart at the Anfield Shopping Centre to include a large grocery section and extend and enclose the garden centre.

Kenneth Karl Slezak, a 46-year-old Union Bay man who is charged with a variety of offences following an assault last week, will make his next appearance in Courtenay court Sept. 1 by video.

The Comox Valley Citizen Voice Project (CVP) will host an open house Sept. 8 to launch its fall campaign. Everyone is invited to the Florence Filberg Centre, Seniors Lounge at 7 p.m.

Passenger and vehicle traffic is down this year and is not expected to recover any time soon, so BC Ferries is considering a plan to cut hundreds of sailings to save money.

Jane Slingsby says she brags about St. Joseph's General Hospital all across B.C. Slingsby, clinical educator with the Eye Bank of British Columbia in Vancouver, is impressed by the number of people who participate in the eye donation program at St. Joseph's.

A CH-149 Cormorant helicopter from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron was dispatched to evacuate an injured hiker on the West Coast Trail near Nitinat Lake on Monday afternoon.